The Mokka, following its midlife upgrade, has a name change, it is now the Mokka X (all subsequent Vauxhall SUV’s will have an X on the end we are informed). There’s a completely new front-end design, squared-off headlamp clusters featuring L-shaped LED daytime running lights, a broad, wing-shaped grille and a much neater lower bumper arrangement. Inside the Mokka X is less button heavy than before and dash is now dominated by a 7 inch touchscreen that can mirror you mobile phone screen, control the media and display the sat nav information (where fitted). What remains are the slight proportions 4.28m in length, making the Mokka X bigger than the Nissan Juke but smaller than the Nissan Qashqai.

The Mokka X is available in front wheel or on demand all-wheel-drive. In normal driving conditions, power is delivered to the front wheels for better economy, but when you need it, a torque transfer device can transfer up to 50 percent drive to the rear wheels. Clever stuff.

The Mokka X has a single diesel and three petrol engines. The 1.6-litre diesel with either 110 (11.5 seconds 0-62) or 136bhp (9.5 seconds 0-62) returns class-competitive economy, the smaller output car returns 65.7 mpg or 68.9 mpg in ecoFLEX guise. Even if you go for the pokier 136bhp and mate it with AWD, you still get 60.1 mpg. The picture’s not quite so rosy when it comes to petrol power. The oldest engine in the line-up, the 115PS 1.6-litre petrol unit, shows its age here, returning 41.5 mpg on the combined cycle. The 1.4 litre turbocharged petrol is the pick for value and performance, 62 miles per hour is reached in 9.3 seconds and economy is a claimed 47.1 miles per gallon as a manual front wheel drive car or 43.5 as an automatic. Four wheel drive manual Mokka X prices start from £699 for the 140 petrol.

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